Copley Controls’ Nano Servo Drive for Operation Over Wide Voltage Battery Range

Copley Controls’ Dean Crumlish demonstrates the Nano Series digital servo drives, which offer a small footprint for the flexibility to mount directly on the motor or within robot joints.

Sharon Spielman

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Copley Controls

Feb. 25, 2025

At the MD&M West Show, which was held Feb. 4-7 in Anaheim, Calif., Dean Crumlish, senior applications engineer and product manager for Copley Controls, showed Machine Design the company’s cutting-edge high-power nano drive.

Offering 100 amps RMS and 140 amps peak—up from the previous 35 amps—the device is suitable for driving large motors or improving design capabilities.

Key features include:

Compact and lightweight design
Advanced thermal management
High current 100 amps RMS continuous
REGEN output
High-power density 99% efficient.

Crumlish said the drive excels in environments that require high current and voltage, including advanced robotics, like those used in the medical field, to larger AGVs to brushless DC motors. He added that Copley also offers a range of modular designs tailored for OEMs to simplify integration and reduce costs. The drives support AC and DC power.

About the Author

Sharon Spielman

Technical Editor, Machine Design

As Machine Design’s technical editor, Sharon Spielman produces content for the brand’s focus audience—design and multidisciplinary engineers. Her beat includes 3D printing/CAD; mechanical and motion systems, with an emphasis on pneumatics and linear motion; automation; robotics; and CNC machining.

Spielman has more than three decades of experience as a writer and editor for a range of B2B brands, including those that cover machine design; electrical design and manufacturing; interconnection technology; food and beverage manufacturing; process heating and cooling; finishing; and package converting.

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